Tears welled up in Xue Li's eyes, her face flushed with rouge washed away by tears, leaving mottled marks. "I have no intention of bearing the responsibility of Sect Leader!" she suddenly lost control, crying as she fell into Shi Feiyang's embrace.
Her fingers tightly clutched his lapel, "I only long to be with you, traveling the ends of the earth together! You once promised to teach me saber techniques and take me to Tianshan Mountain to see the snow lotus..."
Shi Feiyang's whole body was tense, his throat moved, trying hard to suppress his inner anguish.
He gently loosened her fingers one by one, with each separation feeling as if it was tearing his blood vessels: "Do you remember the vow at the Kunlun Snow Cliff? We swore to protect these mountains and rivers."
He placed her trembling palm on his chest, "Listen, what's beating here is our shared heart."
Daoist Cangsong held the Sect Leader seal in his hand, his fingers slightly trembling: "Sect Leader, the time has come..."
